Album
Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd (Bonus Tracks)
1973Southern Rock · Music · Rock · Hard Rock · Blues-Rock · Arena Rock · Rock & Roll · Country · Outlaw Country
Serious American rock sprouted from swampy roots.
Tracks
- 13:51
- 27:33
- 34:27
- 45:59
- 54:58
- 63:56
- 73:14
- 89:12
- 95:19
- 102:54
- 117:55
- 125:19
- 1311:09
About this album
Southern rock staples Lynyrd Skynyrd hit the scene with their phonetically titled 1973 debut. Befitting the band's Florida roots, there's a thick, swampy funk vibe that runs through these hard-rocking cuts. The cocksure guitar lines and pounding drums of "I Ain't the One" and "Gimme Three Steps" set a backdrop for Ronnie Van Zant's wry, everyman lyrics. But it's the epic closer, "Free Bird," that takes the spoils, as it builds from a soulful ballad into a frenetic, guitar-driven rave-up.